Hook and eye.



No. 669,784. Patented Mar.'l2, I901. E. w. GROESCHEL.

' HOOK AND EYE.

(Application filed Aug. 29, 1900.)

No Model.)

: WITNESSES: INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

m: "cams FEYERS co, PHOTOUTNO" \hjnsmNGTON n c IINTTED STATES EDWIN W. GROESCHEL, OF

PATENT iOFFICE.

JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 669,784, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed August 29, 1900. Serial No. 28.384. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN W. GRoEsoHnL, a cit izen of the United States, residing in Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifica- 11101]. i

This invention relates to hooks and eyes, and it has reference particularly to the kind of device of this nature in which the members are so constructed as to be proof against accidental disengagement.

The objects of the invention are to render the body portion of the hook member as stiff and inflexible as possible, so as to facilitate its disengagement from the eye member in the manner hereinafter set forth, to so arrange a certain tongue which coacts with the bill of the hook to prevent accidental disengagement of the eye member that it will form no objectionable projection on the device, and to so shape said tongue and the other portions of the hook that these parts will coact with the bill to facilitate the disengagement of the members of the device when it is so intended.

The invention consists in the improved hook for a hook and eye constructed substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of an interconnected hook member and eye member, the former being constructed after the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of a hook member constructed after the principles of inyinvention and involving a slight modification thereof. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the hook member shown in Fig. 1, a portion thereof being broken away. Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of what is shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of a hook member, illustrating still further modifications of the invention. Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a top plan view of a hook-and-eye member and a side view of an eye member, showing a form of the latter member which I prefer to use with my improved book member.

The hook member of the device consists of a single piece of wire bent in such form as to produce the shank a, the bill I), and the eyelets 0 0 these elements being the essential parts of a hook for a hook and eye. The shank members a extend substantially parallel to each other, as shown in Fig. 5. The body portions of the shank members are deflected upwardly in a slight incline toward the bill end of the device for a reason hereinafter shown. In any case the shank members are appreciably spaced. One end of the wire merges from'the eyelet 0 into a tongue d, which extends forwardly between the shank members toward the bill, preferably lying in the plane of the shank members for the greater portion of its length, though in the modification shown in Fig. 4 said tongue may have its free end portion gradually curved upwardly, so as to give it vertical resiliency. As shown in the several figures which illustrate the hook member, the extremity of the tongueis bent back upon itself to form a circular loop f, more or less of the body portion of the tongue being deflected in a slight curve upwardly before the loop is reached, so that the free end of the tongue is susceptible of slight depression. In Fig. 5 the body portion of the tongue instead of being straight is curved slightly upwardly, thus further insuring its being readily capable of depression. The object in arranging the main portion of the tongue in the plane of the shank members is not only to make it possible for securing-threads to be passed across the hook withoutdanger of their being abraded or worn by the tongue, but also to permit the device to be secured to the edge portion of the goods with its upper face against the same without the tongue tending to appreciably elevate the goods where it extends over said tongue. Thus all but that extremity of the hook which immediately engages the eye member can be concealed under the goods. As in the device patented to me July 4, 1899, under Letters Patent No. 628,143, the bill of the hook is comparatively short and extends substantially at an angle of forty-five degrees relatively to the plane of the shank members, its tip being, as above described, in approximate contact With the loop of the tongue. The extremity h of the other eyelet c of the hook member is, as shown in the drawings, extended over the rear end of the tongue, its tip being turned down into the plane of the eyelet c and thus shielded. The object of this is to impart rigidity to the hook, the importance of which will be appreciated when it is understood that the natural and usual way of disengaging the hook from the eye is to twist these members in opposite directions, (the hook member to the left,) the consequent tendency being to depress one longitudinal half of the member and elevate the other. The abovedescribed disposition of said extremity h thus acts to prevent this tendency. It is preferred, in order to impart still greater rigidity, that the extremity 72 not only cross the tongue, but that its tip take under (or over) the wire of the eyelet 0 (See Fig. 1.)

As shown atj in the drawings, in order to prevent the eye member from slipping back underneath the tongue and between the same and the shank members abutments may be formed on the latter, these being either in the form of upwardly-projectingincurvations or produced by bending the shank members somewhat downwardly, where, as in Figs. 4 and 5, the shank members are slightly inclined. By inclining the shank members upwardly toward the tops of the abutments, as

:, shown in Fig. 4, they are elevated, and so the tongue, although itself elevated, lies between them safe from undue lateral bending.

The eye member may be one of ordinary pattern, such as is shown in Fig. 1; but I prefer to employ an eye member which consists of a wire bent to form a straight bar land loops or eyelets m at the extremities of said bar, the ends of said bar overlapping the loops. By so shaping the device that the bar starts from the outside of each loop considerable rigidity is imparted to it.

Having thus fully described my invention, What. I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hook for a hook and eye consisting of a piece of wire bent to form the eyelets, bill, and shank members, the latter having elevations near the bill forming abutments therein, and a tongue constituting one end portion of the wire and projecting from the eyelet end of the hook toward the bill, the other end portion of said wire constituting one of said eyes and having its tip crossing the tongue, substantially as described.

2. Ahook for a hook and eye consisting of a piece of wire bent to form the eyelets, bill, and shank members, the latter having elevations near the bill forming abutments therein, and a tongue constitutingone end portion of the wire and projecting from the eyelet end of the hook toward the bill, the other end portion of said wire constituting one of said eyes and having its tip crossing the tongue and engaging the outer portion of the other eyelet, substantially as described.

3. A hook for a hook and eye consisting of a piece of wire bent to form the eyelets, bill, shank, anda tongue, said tongue'constituting one end portion of the wire and projecting from the eyelet end of the hook toward the bill and the other end portion of said wire constituting one of said eyelets and having its tip crossing the tongue and engaging the outer portion of the other eyelet, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of April, 1900. x

ED WIN W. GROESOHEL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM GRoEsoHEL, JOHN W. STEWARD. 

